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Re: PNW introducing new funding model

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Originally Posted by Steven Donow View Post
The net change of total expenditure is 0 (except I'm unsure as to what the $256,000 'program fee' to FIRST is), but the cost to teams is (theoretically) less.
As I understand it, the program fee is a payment to FIRST that, effectively, covers losses to FIRST because money from teams is going directly to the district governing body rather than to HQ. It's not unlike a licensing fee.
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